Job type
PermanentLocation
GlasgowWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
ProcurementIndustry
Retail & Consumer GoodsPay
Competitive + BonusClosing date
21 Mar 2024
Procurement Jobs, FMCG Procurement Jobs, Retail Procurement Jobs
Your new company
The company is a long-established family business which enjoys a great reputation for service and has won numerous awards from industry peers and publications.
Their client base is made up of thousands of customers including owned stores, Chain stores, Independent Retailers and other Wholesalers. Turnover is upwards of £210m.
Many of their staff benefit from long tenure and this is attributed to their Chief Executive, who heavily invests in people and company culture, including health & wellbeing, diversity.
The company has recently moved to a brand new, purpose built distribution centre which accommodates over 220 staff and a fleet of more than 40 HGV trucks.
Your new role
Due to continued growth and expansion, the Commercial Director is recruiting an experienced Category Buyer to join their team. The team is made up of Category Managers who are supported by Category Buyers and Category Trading Assistants. The Categories are: Licensed (Beers, Wines & Spirits), Grocery, Impulse – Soft Drinks, Crisps & Snacks and Impulse – Tobacco, Vapes & Confectionery.
The purpose of the role is to source product for resale, improve the sales and margin by ensuring maximising availability and maintaining our competitive advantage through negotiating better terms with existing and new suppliers.
Key Accountabilities:
- Maintain maximum availability across categories, by working with suppliers and forecasting accordingly.
- Building long-term profitable relationships with new and existing suppliers.
- Accurate input of promotional and long-term supplier pricing.
- Negotiating and implementing promotional plans, liaising with the marketing department and sales team to maximise increased sales
- Managing and ensuring supplier retro payments are recorded and invoiced accordingly
- Negotiating annual terms and joint business plans with suppliers and maximise pricing and supplier investment.
- Managing stock levels, which includes working with Warehouse, addressing slow moving lines, short-dated stock to minimise financial impact.
- Raising purchase orders and liaising with purchase ledger
- Supporting cross category initiatives
- General support or additional responsibilities that are in addition to the core that apply of a specific job holder.
- As well as the above duties, there is a requirement to support the buying department with additional administrative or project work as required from time to time.
What you’ll need to succeed
The successful candidate should be ‘job-ready’ and disciplined with the ability to take ownership of delivering the full process end-to-end.
A data-driven, commercial mentality that focusses on the retailer and consumer is essential.
Skills, attributes, qualifications or experience required at entry level:
Essential
- Commercial experience in FMCG / Wholesale and Convenience sector with proven success.
- Self-motivated, highly organised and efficient.
- Excellent negotiating and communication skills.
- Computer proficiency, numeracy and strong attention to detail and data analysis & input accuracy.
Desirable
- Sound judgement and decision-making
- Be comfortable working both autonomously and as a part of a team
- Can remain calm under pressure
Skills, attributes, qualifications or experience required to attain full competency in role:
Essential
- At least three to five years’ experience within the FMCG / Wholesale / Retail sector
- Ability to work accurately and to required timescales with a minimum amount of supervision.
Desirable
- Attend further training as seen as relevant to support the Commercial department to develop broader understanding of function and the job holder’s contribution.
- CIPS
Relationships and Communications
Internal
- Commercial Team
- Dispatch
- Finance
- Customer Services
- Sales Team
- Directors
External
- Suppliers
- Customers
- External Third Party Service Providers in Logistics and Distribution.
Quality and Customer Focus
- Understands and works towards the standards of work required, ensuring technical, legal and customer requirements are met. Uses best practice methods and approaches.
- Understands and meets the levels of output to the required standard for the task.
- Prioritises effectively.
Demonstrates appropriate and current knowledge to undertake the role and holds necessary qualifications.
Understands and takes responsibility for own work, requiring minimum supervision. Achieves company standards (including attendance, personal presentation, communication)
Able to build and maintain positive relationships with others, working in line with the company values.
What you’ll get in return
- An exciting position at a well-respected organisation, with a hybrid working pattern.
- The role offers a competitive salary + up to 8% bonus.
- Standard pension contributions.
- 28 days annual leave.
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